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Re: [T3] What did people do? (somewhat long)


these cars were new then and had all the correct hoses, fittings, clamps
without the age and alteration factor. what would a person do driving a 2001
chevy whatever in 2030? also I genuinely believe that people then were
different with more disciplin, commitment and not the automatic sense of
getting something to work without investing back into it with time &
attention.
just my 2c
hisham
70 sq

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From: "Aaron Clow" <variant_1600-vwtype3@yahoo.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:50 AM
Subject: [T3] What did people do? (somewhat long)


> Last night I went to take a little test drive with my
> new wheels/tires (205/70-15's on 5.5" stock-style rims
> -- woohoo! no more rusty rims!)...
>
> On my way back home, I took an off-ramp from the
> highway, then stopped at a light and suddenly the car
> started hunting at idle. Rev, choke... Rev, choke...
> Rev, choke...
>
> It seemed dangerous to drive, like it was going to
> jump forward into the car in front of me if I didn't
> hold the brake hard enough.
>
> As I started to go again, I realized it wouldn't shift
> into 3rd gear (automatic).
>
> So I realized surging probably meant vacuum hose, and
> then lack of shifting with vacuum hose meant that the
> transmission hose had come off.
>
> I haven't done a lot of maintenance on the car this
> year, but it's always in the back of my mind how
> today's cars you pretty much just drive, change the
> oil, and unless something drastic happens, you're
> usually trouble-free.
>
> What did people do back in the 60s and 70s with these
> cars when something like this happened to just your
> regular driver and they didn't know what was wrong
> with the car and had to take it to the mechanic? I'm
> talking from something as simple as a valve job to
> something as finicky as a carb adjustment to something
> more serious? One simple hose connection off can make
> the car undriveable, or at least really scary. I
> wouldn't want my wife to be driving the car in that
> condition, but certainly back in the day these things
> happened, right?
>
> Do you think a lot of Type 1/2/3's just went without
> valve changes when people decided to stop bringing
> them to the dealership and to a local mechanic, or
> when they decided they could do their own oil changes
> and otherwise only brought the cars in when something
> bad happened?
>
> Just some things I was thinking about while under the
> car in the dark last night...
>
> Aaron
>
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